Godzilla Meets The Transformers

Rating: Null/10 (12 July 2013)

I saw "Pacific Rim", starring Charlie Hunnam-Sons of Anarchy-t.v., The Ledge; Idris Elba-Thor, The Losers; Rinko Kikuchi-At River's Edge, Sideways; Charlie Day-It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia-t.v., Horrible Bosses and Ron Perlman-Sons of Anarchy-t.v., the Hellboy movies.
This is a monsters versus giant robots movie that is directed by Guillermo del Toro-Pan's Labyrinth, the Hellboy movies. It reminded me of the old Japanese Godzilla movies that I used to watch, as a kid. Basically, it's a big budget "B" movie-Godzilla meets the Transformers, only there is more than just one Godzilla. The story takes place in the not too distant future-about 10 years from now-where a dimensional rift to an alien world has opened up a portal in our Pacific Ocean. The aliens are dinosaur-looking creatures that come through the portal, only a few at a time-as the years go by, they come more frequently. The governments of the world pool their resources and come up with giant robots, as a line of defense. The robots use two bonded pilots that are usually brothers or father & son, because it's easier to handle the robots. Charlie H is a veteran pilot, Idris is the boss of the robot program and Rinko is a new rookie pilot that teams up with Charlie H after he looses his brother in an earlier battle. Charlie D is a genius scientist-you have to have at least one of those-and Ron is a black market dealer that deals in alien body parts-he scavenges the bodies after fights and sells them. About one minute into the end credits, there is a scene that you should see. The movie is also being shown in 3D and IMAX 3D-that's what I saw it in. It's rated "PG-13" for the violence and brief language and has a running time of 2 hours & 12 minutes. If you like giant monsters fighting giant robots, then you should like this one. I enjoyed it and I would buy it on Blu-Ray.